[lint] README: make it clear that golint is deprecated and frozen

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README: make it clear that golint is deprecated and frozen

For golang/go#38968.

Change-Id: I52fe4f2934910600c89ac705a7fb3c57b4844a9d
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/lint/+/318189
Trust: Daniel Martí <mv...@mvdan.cc>
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <ia...@golang.org>
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba4956f..989b1dc 100644
--- a/README.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+**NOTE:** Golint is [deprecated and frozen](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/38968).
+There's no drop-in replacement for it, but tools such as [Staticcheck](https://staticcheck.io/)
+and `go vet` should be used instead.
+
 Golint is a linter for Go source code.
 
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